The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-04-13

ID,
44c per ID; mutton, % to &c per Id; turkeys,
10 to 15c geese, to 12c; ducks, 10 to he;
chickens, 10 to 15c per pound.
WATERFOWL AND BRIGHTON
LIVE STOCK.
CATTLE.-The receipts were ,033 head
The market was steady, Northern sell
ing at to SIC per pound. No fancy cattle
were offered for sale.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts were
10,57S head The demand was good at q to
53c for sheep and 81 to 6Yc for lambs.
SwINE.-The receipts were Is .739 head.
The market was firm, Northern dressed
selling at to 79c and Western live at & to
&c per pound
VEALs.-Receipts, 731 head. The demand
was good, prices ranging from p to &c per
pound.
PoULTRY.-Th supply was light with
sales at 10 to 12c per pound.
HIDES, TALLow, ETC-We quote hides at
7 TO Tie per 10, calf-skins at s to Toe per Id,
dairy skins at % to soc EACH lamb-skins
at S1.OO to S1.35 each, shearlings at % to soc
each, Brighton tallow at p to &c and coun-
try at II to &c per ID.
BOSTON COUNTRY PRODUCE.
EGGs.-The demand is not brisk and sales
are moderate We quote extra Vermont and
New York at 14i to l5c and choice Western
at IA &c per dozen.
BEANs.-Prices are firm. Choice hand
picked Pea sell at $1.70 to S1.75, Yellow
| Eyes at 81 As to 150, do screened at 81. 25
to S1.35 and Red Kidneys at SLIGO to S1.70
per bushel.
HAY.-The market is dull and unchanged.
We quote choice prime hay at $1,000 to
! ST. 90, fair to good at $500 to $500 and
poor at $1,000 to S11.00 Rye straw sells at
S14.O and oat at 50 per ton.
PoTAToEs-The market is moderately
steady. Prices are unchanged. Early Rose
sell at % to 6Oc, Beauty of Hebrons at % to
63c, Burbank Seedlings at 80 to 53c and
Prolifcs at As to soc per bushel.
CHEEsE.-The export demand is excellent
and the local demand is equally good. Prices
are well held but unchanged. Extra YER
mont sells at IA to 14lc good to choice at Is
to 134c, common at to lie and extra sage
at lac per pound.
BUTTER.-The demand for butter of fine
fresh make is very good, and while the
ma jority of the sales are at about 30c some
have been made at 32c. The supply of fine
butter is running short. Prices are firm and
| the market is as good as can be expected. EX-
| ira Northern creamery sells at % to 24c, extra
| Western creamery at 30 to SOC, choice do at
90 to 24c, the finest Franklin county dairy
at % to &c, good to choice do at IL to
22c, extra Vermont at 20 to &c, choice
Northern dairy at Is to 22c and fair to good
do at Is to 2lc per pound.
BOSTON FLOUR AND GRAIN.
FLoUR.-The market is in an improved
condition, but business is as yet confined to
small lots. Fine sells at S2.35 to $3.50, super
fine at $3.50 to $500, common extras at $500
to 1926, Michigan roller at $40 to 81 40 and
Minnesota spring patents at S5.15 to $3.50
per barrel.
GRAIN.-Business is light. Corn sells at 80
to 52lc and oats at 36I to 42c per bushel, as to
quality. Winter wheat bran brings $40, 90 TO
S20.25, spring wheat bran $3.50 to $1,000,
middlngs $500 to $3.50 and cotton-seed
meal S23.75 per ton.
THE LUMBER TRADE.
THERE has been good demand for frames
the past week. The small house trade is
good and there is considerable large
business offering. Prices remain UNI
changed. Rough hemlock boards sell at
$1,000 TO 5000 and planed do at S110O
to $1,000 the best clear spruce floor boards
at $3.50 to $1,000, coarse at $500 and
refuse at $500 to $500; one-inch box
boards at $1,000 and seven-eighths do at
S1l.00; Eastern sawed cedar shingles at
$40 to $3.62l clear do at $500 to So 125, the
hest shaved shingles at S525, other grades
at 1925 to S4.75 and No. spruce at 1925 to
S150; extra four-foot spruce clapboards at
S27. 90 to $50, do clear at S25 to S27.0 and
other grades at S12 TO S21 90; pine and spruce
laths at $500 to S2.12@; the best spruce
undertloors at $1,000 and other grades at
$3.50 to $500